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Issues

Labor

Description: Complaint raises concerns about violations of appropriate labor standards related to the project, including issues regarding compensation, workplace conditions, retaliation, and child or forced labor.

Complaints with this Issue: 111

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Other

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts that do not fit in one of the other categories. Complaints about which there is no publicly available information regarding the issues raised are also included.

Complaints with this Issue: 230

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Retaliation (actual or feared)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents or risk of harm against those who have raised concerns about the project perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents. Retaliation may include discrimination, slander, threats, denial of services, unfounded judicial proceedings, and termination of employment. Concerns regarding specific incidents of violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 72

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 372

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Complaint

IAM: Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM)

ID: C0009 (Complainant 1)

Date Filed: Sept. 28, 2022

Status: Active

Description

"On 28 September 2022, the IRM received a communication via email submitted by an employee of a company that had been contracted to work on various projects in the Benban Solar Park in Egypt. On reviewing the submission, the IRM acknowledged the complaint on 28 September 2022. The complainant alleges poor working conditions and inequality in access to benefits, promotions and salary increases during their time working on various projects in the Benban Solar Park. The complainant also alleges facing retaliation and unfair dismissal as a result of their requests and actions to get their grievances addressed." (Eligibility Determination report, 'Background', pg 2, https://irm.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/case/determination-eligiblity-c0009.pdf) The complainant is referred to as complainant 1 whose issues were split between labor and community concerns. Each issue went through a separate journey after DR start, and since the fields in the console do not allow the capturing of issue-level differences, here are the dates for milestones for each issue after PS began: - c1-community: PS agreement signed 15 Dec 2023; monitoring in progress (hope to end in 2025) - c1-labor: PS agreement made on 20 Apr 2024, was being monitored in Jul 2024. But, "As of 14 July, monitoring on the agreement was no longer feasible and the complaint has since been referred to compliance review. The compliance appraisal for this second complaint concluded on 13 September 2024 with a recommendation to proceed to compliance investigation."

Complaint Stages

Filing

Sept. 28, 2022

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Sept. 28, 2022

Registration

Sept. 28, 2022 -

Sept. 28, 2022

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 28, 2022

End Date: Sept. 28, 2022

Eligibility

Sept. 28, 2022 -

Oct. 25, 2022

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 28, 2022

End Date: Oct. 25, 2022

Dispute Resolution

April 7, 2023 -

Dec. 15, 2023

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: April 7, 2023

End Date: Dec. 15, 2023

Compliance Review

Sept. 13, 2024

Compliance Review

Status: In Progress

Start Date: Sept. 13, 2024

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage; Complaint not yet reached stage, Compliance Review in progress

Closed

Not Closed

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